What the NAACP thinks about global warming would normally not even be on the radar in any “Environment and Public Works Committee” conversation with the Chamber of Commerce (who oppose the climate bill) except for this person being quizzed. Boxer tries to box him in on this and gets called on it. Her stumbling ass covering retreat is hilarious. It’s obvious she’s not used to being called on this kind of stunt.
I’m for climate legislation but Boxer was being way too cute with this obnoxious stunt.
I didn’t get far enough in to see that part. I hated her within sixty seconds and could listen no more. Holy moly, but what an arrogant jackass she is.
I’ve never actually had to listen to her before and am glad for it.
Added later: I watched more and it got worse. Apparently she thinks the colored man should agree with her because other colored folks do. Apparently they should be “proud” that the white senator quotes them. They all look the same you know. I bet some of her best friends are black.
Much as I find myself disagreeing with Dianne Feinstein, at least she is a thoughtful and well-informed Senator. It is a shame one cannot say the same about her colleague.
It’s not even what she said-she just sounds so much like a sanctimonious jackass that she could be reading Where’s My Cow and she’d still be an irritant.
I liked her. But then I voted for her many times to many jobs. She’s no racist. Republicans like to argue with false statements, I saw that in the video.
First blush also suggests it’s a Drudge/Breitbart context-less Gotcha Ya clip. Not defending Boxer, just noting that a bit of context may cast the exchange in a different light.
From what little I gathered, the guest was representing the Black Chamber of Commerce. It’s not a necessary conclusion, but the racial-specificity suggests that opposing viewpoints (i.e., the reports she was reading into the record) by other, similarly racially-specific groups was arguably germane. In contrast, had the NAACP been there testifying that the proper way to open an egg was on the Big End, it wouldn’t surprise me if a small-ender alluded to (or read in) testimony from the video’s guest.
Again, I don’t have all the context, so this could be a completely off base suggestion. I do, however, have enough experience with Drudge and Breitbart to know that there is frequently less cause for OUTRAGE than they suggest. I also noted that he seemed a bit hostile from the beginning (of the clip – was there more?), in the back-and-forth about whether he was a DC, Maryland, or California resident.
Does anyone know who invited him? What the overall subject of the hearing was? What the relevance of the Black Chamber of Commerce was? (Not that it necessarily needs to have specific relevance – I’m not familiar with the organization, so it could have a relevant voice). Anyone know why there was the quick back-and-forth about where he was from/living?
What do you want, she’s from California, the most racist state in the union. People in California, liberal and conservative alike, are absolutely obsessed with racial identity - they think race is destiny. When I lived there, I lost count of the number of times people asked me. “Are you, uh, Middle Eastern or Mexican or something?” Hell, a complete stranger drove up to my wife as she mowed the front lawn and asked her to lend him money because he thought (correctly, but what’s the difference?) she was of his ethnicity. Crap like that would get you punched in the face in the Midwest.
I agree with those who say it’s not just the content. It’s teh arrogant.
My parents, who are of Sen. Boxer’s generation, have a word for this particular flavor of teh arrogant. But it plays on a particular White vs. White race card that has been grievously overused, so I’ll withhold it.
In any case, said flavor of teh arrogant is more associated with educated middleclass PC urbanites than with anyone of any race.
I didn’t think she sounded that bad at all, didn’t watch it all because I don’t follow US politics in detail. In fact I think the guy who kept interrupting was worse.